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North Little Rock, Arkansas - 14 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks N. Little Rock School District #134 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,584 per pupil, N. Little Rock School District ranks #86 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,200
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$12,584
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
N. Little Rock School District operates 14 public schools serving 8,200 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 4 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Pulaski County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,584 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arkansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 33.8% local, 44.0% state, and 22.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #134 of 250 in Arkansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 14 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 365.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.8% African American, 18.6% White, 14.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Indian Hills Elementary School, with a diversity index of 64.7/100.
Its largest campus is North Little Rock High School, enrolling 1,652 students (21% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Redwood Pre-School, at 237 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
North Little Rock High School accounts for 20.1% of all N. Little Rock School District student enrollment
That concentration means N. Little Rock School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
N. Little Rock School District school enrollment varies 7.0× across entities
N. Little Rock School District school enrollment ranges from 237 students (lowest) to 1,652 students (highest), a spread of 1,415 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
N. Little Rock School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
N. Little Rock School District student-counselor ratio is 365:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
N. Little Rock School District chronic absenteeism rate is 45.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to N. Little Rock School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in N. Little Rock School District?
N. Little Rock School District has 14 schools, including 2 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 6 combined. Total enrollment is 8,200 students.
How much does N. Little Rock School District spend per student?
N. Little Rock School District spends $12,584 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #134 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of N. Little Rock School District?
N. Little Rock School District students are 59.8% African American, 18.6% White, 14.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 14 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for N. Little Rock School District?
N. Little Rock School District has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #134 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.